In their first match in the Year of the Rooster， Guangdong opened with an impressive first quarter. Zhou Peng scored 13 points to put Guangdong 34-21 ahead. The visitors were still unable to put up a fight in the second period as they lagged behind 46-61 at halftime.

Beijing narrowed the gap in the second half with consecutive shots from Stephon Marbury， and even had a chance to win in the last quarter. But Zhou Zhandong and Ren Junfei scored five points in a row to help Guangdong regain the lead.

Yi Jianlian was then fouled behind the arc with 18.1 seconds left on the clock. He hit all three free throws and blocked Zhang Songtao in the paint to secure the victory for Guangdong.

Marbury， who was fouled out in the fourth quarter， scored game-high 32 points while teammate Zhai Xiaochuan had a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Yi had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Guangdong as former NBA player Carlos Boozer added 22 points and 11 rebounds.

THE HAGUE Homme Air Force One Basse 07 LE Bordeaux Soldes , July 4(Xinhua) -- BMC rider Rohan Dennis won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with the fastest ever individual time trialprologue in Tour history.

Dennis recorded an average speed of 54.45 kilometers per hour in the stage of 13.8 kilometers in the streets of Utrecht to grab his first stage win in "La Grance Boucle".

Germany's Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step) came in second on 5 seconds, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara (Trek) finished third on 6 seconds and local favorite Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) had to settle for the fourth place on 8 seconds.

Despite the warm temperature of above 30 degrees Celsius the Tour start in Utrecht attracted 350,000 spectators along the track. It was the sixth time the Tour de France started in the Netherlands. On Monday the peloton will leave the country again to move into Belgium for the third stage.

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